Sep 20, 2013Project: Drug Safety ProjectThe Pew Charitable Trusts sent a letter to the leadership of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, or HELP Committee and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, urging the committees to pass proposed legislation to implement both a "track and trace" system for the U.S. pharmaceutical distribution supply chain and for enhanced federal oversight of compounding pharmacies.Related: Download the Letter (PDF)Both provisions are important to ensure prescription drugs in the U.S. are safe, effective, and of the highest quality. In the letter, Pew and its partners thanked HELP Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Ranking HELP Member Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), along with their counterparts in the House, Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA) for their efforts to date, and pressing them to seize the opportunity to move this bipartisan, bicameral legislation forward.The letter was also signed by AARP, American Medical Student Association, American Public Health Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Community Catalyst, Fight Colorectal Cancer, International Myeloma Foundation, Lymphoma Research Foundation, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, PennPIRG, PIRGIM, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Susan G. Komen Advocacy Alliance, TexPIRG, Trust for America’s Health, and U.S. PIRG.- See more at: http://www.pewhealth.org/other-resource/letter-to-congressional-leadership-supporting-compounding-and-track-and-trace-legislation-85899506529#sthash.4YUtO3d8.dpuf
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